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Issue: Vol. 4394 No. 4: 16 Mar. 2018
Type: Article
Published: 2018-03-16
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4394.4.8
Page range: 575–585
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Three new species of Elachistidae (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea) from India

Department of Biology and Chemistry, Lithuanian University of Educational Sciences, Studentu 39, LT-08106 Vilnius, Lithuania.
Department of Biology and Chemistry, Lithuanian University of Educational Sciences, Studentu 39, LT-08106 Vilnius, Lithuania.
Lepidoptera Elachista Urodeta Elachistinae

Abstract

Three new species of Elachistidae: Elachistinae from northern India are described: Elachista arcuata sp. nov., Urodeta jurateae sp. nov., and U. pectena sp. nov. The new species are diagnosed and illustrated with photographs of the adults and genitalia.

 

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